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State ScanChandigarh ‘Metropolis’ as Punjab Capital?
BY definition a Metropolis is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural centre for a country or...
GovernanceReplace paperless EVMs with VVPAT EVMs
To Mr OP. Rawat, Chief Election Commissioner, Mr Sunil Arora, Election Commissioner Mr Ashok Lavasa, Election Commissioner Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan,...
GovernanceSagarmala Corporate Colonising of India’s Coast?
SAGARMALA (sea garland) project is a humungous Rs. 8 trillion (Rs. 8 lakh crore) port-led-prosperity investment initiative of the Government of India (GoI)...
DefenceMy days in the Army
I was commissioned in the Indian Army on the Republic Day (26 January) of 1964 from Officer’s Training School, Poona and joined 17th...
GovernanceThe Choice is Clear: TECHNOLOGY or DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE?
FOUR years ago, this clarion, ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’, reverberated from every electoral platform of a particular political party. Believing it to be...
From the EditorFrom the Editor
THIS issue of gfiles features five pivotal stories on the mismanagement of governance. Our cover story is an expose on BSNL, unearthing a...
Cover StoryCover Story : Is IAS self-destructing?
WRITING in the March 2011 issue of gfiles I had raised a poser whether there is hope for civil services to survive and...
GovernanceGovernance : NITI Ayog – Where is the transformation?
AT The Economic Times’s Global Business Summit in mid-January 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi clearly laid out his Transformation Agenda. After presenting a...
GovernanceGovernance : Writing for a decade… in vain?
FROM the second issue of gfiles, I have been writing in almost all issues, mainly on governance and civil services. I have lost...
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